extrinsic
ek-STRIN-zikadjMeaning coming from outside; not part of the thing itself
Memory hook EX-trinsic: the reward comes from OUTSIDE. Pip paints only because Victor is holding out a shiny medal for the winner; take the medal away and he stops. His reason is extrinsic.
Prizes and grades are extrinsic rewards.
In context The coach worried that her players cared only about extrinsic rewards, such as trophies and praise, rather than about the game itself.
Similar external, outside, outward
Opposite intrinsic, inherent
From Latin extrinsecus, “on the outside.”